Public water system record
City of Brea
Serves Brea, Orange County, CA · 48,479 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Brea in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 0
Key facts
- City of Brea buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and California Domestic Water Company.
- Record on file since 1988, with 0 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 0 unknown out of 12,715 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.
Full record since 1988
EPA's records for City of Brea go back to 1988. Before October 19, 2016 they list no health-based violations and 2 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 0 | 1 |
Where the water comes from
City of Brea buys its water from Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and California Domestic Water Company. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has emergency connections to Yorba Linda Water District, City of La Habra, Golden State WC - Placentia/Yorba Linda and City of Fullerton. 4 other public water systems have emergency connections to City of Brea.
Buys water from
- Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. La Verne, CA
- California Domestic Water Company Whittier, CA
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Yorba Linda Water District Placentia, CA
- City of La Habra La Habra, CA
- Golden State WC - Placentia/Yorba Linda Anaheim, CA
- City of Fullerton Fullerton, CA
Annual water quality report
City of Brea must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by California.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells